Funnily enough, where I work far more car drivers are late for work than
those who come in by PT...

I arrived 20 minutes early for work at 11PM last night. Had I gone via
train I'd have had to leave 15 minutes earlier and (as it turns out)
would have been late.

Of course this morning I left at 11:20, and even after stopping for
petrol and heavy traffic in chiswich, I was home 20 minutes before I'd
have been via the train - assuming a tube to Ealing had turned up on
time.

How would I get to work (Shepherds Bush) on Boxing Day if I lived at
stanmore without a car?

Public transport is great for the 9-5 masses, but for the rest of us
the complete closures at various weekends means that it's simply not
reliable.